A model of knowledge management and cultural intelligence to reduce talent deficit in Brazil and Peru: a comparative study with Germany

Abstract

This paper raises the discussion of the importance to create relevant knowledge and experience by developing the Culture Intelligence - CI of Brazilian students and has the follow objectives: i) to propose a model that can capture the relationship between culture, knowledge and intelligence and ii) to provide qualitative evidence of its effectiveness to reduce brain drain. In order to explain the impact of CI on Knowledge Management- KM and Organizational Intelligence - OI this work explores the development of a CI model based on KM and OI (CKI model) and change the “culture of student’s dependence” and therefore reduce the talent deficit in Brazil. The CKI model is constructed based on the results of 35 interviews in two Peruvian Universities, two Brazilian Universities and one German University and empirically tests 3 hypotheses through Structural Equation Modelling. The main conclusion is that Cultural Intelligence impacts maturity and democracy and therefore it would be very important to build a more robust Exchange program than the current Latin American Alianza del Pacifico Program, in partnership with the European Erasmus program.

Keywords

• Brain drain
• Cultural intelligence
• Industry 4.0
• Knowledge management
• National culture
• Organizational intelligence